Nicole Letourneau, PhD
Team Leader
Nursing; parenting and child development, parent-infant mental health, developmental social neuroscience, community-based interventions.
Co-Leaders
Bonnie J.
Kaplan,
PhD
Co-Leader
Psychology; expertise in nutrition, mental/behavioural illness; population & clinical health researcher.
Catherine
Field,
PhD
Co-Leader
Nutrition researcher; expertise in fatty acids, micronutrients, and infant development.
Deborah
Dewey,
PhD
Co-Leader
Psychology; pediatric neuropsychology, developmental disorders; population & clinical health researcher.
Investigators
Anna
Farmer,
RD, PhD
Investigator
Nutrition researcher; expertise in dietary behaviours in infants and mothers.
Brenda
Leung,
PhD
Investigator
Epidemiology, mental health, maternal and child health, neurodevelopment, perinatal nutrition.
Carly McMorris, PhD
Investigator
Psychology, neurodevelopmental disabilities, children and adolescents, mental health and well being.
Donna
Manca,
MD
Investigator
Family medicine; maternal and newborn; community practice based research networks.
Francois
Bernier,
MD
Investigator
Genetics; expertise in congenital anomalies research, syndrome delineation, population genetics.
Gerald
Giesbrecht,
PhD
Investigator
Psychology, Psychophysiology, Infant Temperment and Child Development.
Jon
Martin,
PhD
Investigator
Environmental Analytical Chemistry; expertise in toxicology and trace analysis of organic contaminants in human samples.
Laki
Goonewardene,
PhD
Investigator
Biostatistics; analysis of nutrition data.
Libbe
Kooistra,
PhD
Investigator
Psychology; expertise in developmental psychology & thyroid, especially in relation to attention and motor skills.
Linda
Casey,
MD, FRCPC, MSc
Investigator
Pediatric Nutrition, Body Composition and Feeding.
Linda
McCargar,
PhD
Investigator
Nutrition researcher; expertise in the assessment of nutrient intake, and women and child nutrition.
Lisa
Gagnon,
MD
Investigator
Psychiatry; adult mood disorders; special interest in women’s mental health.
Maeve
O’Beirne,
MD
Investigator
Family medicine; maternal and newborn.
Marja
Cantell,
PhD
Investigator
Psychology; neurodevelopmental disorders and exercise psychology, especially motor skills & physical activity.
Misha
Eliaswiz,
PhD
Investigator
Biostatistics; expertise in study design; statistical methods to identify risk factors; regression modelling.
Nalini
Singhal,
MD
Investigator
Neonatology; expertise in newborn health.
Rhonda
Bell,
PhD
Investigator
Nutrition researcher; expertise in maternal-fetal nutrition programming.
Victor
Pop,
MD, PhD
Investigator
General Practitioner; research expertise in maternal mood; thyroid function.